All you Alabama fans, making your great predictions, I'm really amazed by you. It doesn't matter if Auburn goes to a bowl game, as long as they beat you.

College football is impossible to predict

A caller said AU will be lucky to even make a bowl game. How in the world did he predict that? Shouldn't this guy know by now that it's nearly impossible to predict college football?

How did last year's predictions turn out

Alabama was predicted to repeat as national champion last year. Can anyone remember how those predictions turned out?

Will Bama be able to back up talk?

Bama fans, we're tired of the talk too. Maybe you'll be able to back up your talk more this decade.

Talk is cheap, predictions cheaper

To the Auburn fan who said you do your talking on the field: First of all, this must have been the first time you've read Sound Off. Every time an Alabama player makes the watch list, people call in and talk about Alabama finishing fourth with a 10-3 record, even though they finished 10th in the national polls. That's one thing. Second, you're right. You do your talking on the field. You've talked your way into about six losses and no bowl games. And you do all your talking with money because you pay your players.

Toss souvenir baseballs deep into stands

I didn't know if they were going to be able to throw baseballs back up into the stands any more after what happened in Texas to the man who fell from the stands and lost his life. But last night, I was watching the Atlanta Braves and the Braves' outfielder caught the third out of the inning and he turned around and he threw the ball up into the stands, but there was no doubt about it. He took it and he threw it all the way up in the stands where no one had a chance to lean over the railing or anything. It was way up in the stands. If they all do that, that's fine.

Cancel fishing rodeo for good

I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of fish were caught and thrown back that were not large enough to be considered in the rodeo. This thing should stop. It's a disgrace. I say the rodeo should be canceled for good. Look at all the beautiful fish wasted. They deserve a life. Maybe we should catch some of the fishermen on a hook and throw them in the water to die.

Is it that hard to figure out who's in the wild card race?

Most major newspapers in America, or at least the ones that have any credibility at all, start printing the wildcard standings in baseball after the all-star break. How long will it take the Press-Register to start printing the wildcard standings?

Don't watch NASCAR if you don't like it

To the person who saw all the empty seats at NASCAR in New Hampshire: If you hadn't been watching, you wouldn't have seen it. If you don't want to watch it, don't watch it. If you don't like NASCAR, stay off it. If you don't like this, stay out of it. Just let everything else alone.

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